horse block

noun

a step or block of stone, wood, etc., for getting on or off a horse or in or out of a vehicle.

First recorded in 1745–55

The boys let out a ringing cheer as they stopped at the horse-block, and the girls came out to greet them.

A good rider should never mount from a horse block or a fence.

She ran all the way to the druggist's and back, and as she entered the house she glanced at the horse block spitefully.

For two hours she sat desolately on the horse block and then sadly entered the house with a cold in her head.

Will you tell me why it has 'State Asylum' on the horse block?

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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